Columbia University. Teachers College. Institute of Philosophy and Politics of Education
Abstract Or Scope
A small collection of the records of the Institute of Philosophy and Politics of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, dating from circa 1965 (the Institute's founding) until 1994. The Institute sponsored interdisciplinary research in history, philosophy, and the social sciences with applications for educational theory and policy.
The Lawrence A. Cremin Papers document the career and personal life of Lawrence Arthur Cremin, educational historian and seventh president of Teachers College, Columbia University (1974-1984). Cremin was an acclaimed historian of American education whose work framed the formal school as one of many institutions responsible for educating children. The collection includes records of his teaching and administrative work at Teachers College, manuscripts and published works by Cremin, and personal and professional correspondence.